Seminole
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Felonius Monk:
Well put!
Well put!
I think my professor is discriminating against me. Read my essay please!
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Drjones, I never had you figured for a victim mentality, but maybe I was wrong. This is evident in the fact that you think you are being discriminated against by a professor because you didn't get credit and you attribute this to your perception that it is because he has a different opinion. Just because you don't come out on the high end does not mean you have been discrimated against. It matters ZERO that you have been such a good writer in the past. This issue does not seem to pertain to your writing skills, but your coverage of the subject matter. Sure enough, you seem to write fine, but that doesn't mean you completely the project correctly. Simply put, and as noted here, the major difference of opinion between you and the prof is that you apparently did not complete the assignment properly. In no way is the prof suggesting your opinion on the matter is wrong, just incomplete. While ethics profs may be some really unique folks, they are VERY used to dealing with diverging opinions. In fact, the whole body of ethics continually deals wth differences of opinion concerning what is or is not ethical for a given situation, above the status quo, such as written law.
With all that said, this forum is not the place to post your term paper and solicit comments in regard to your perceived mistreatment by the professor. You seriously need to consult your student handbook and follow the appropriate procedures if you think the prof needs to be dealt with. More than likely, if you have dealt with the prof, the next step will be the department chair, then ombudsman or maybe VP of student affairs.
With all that said, this forum is not the place to post your term paper and solicit comments in regard to your perceived mistreatment by the professor. You seriously need to consult your student handbook and follow the appropriate procedures if you think the prof needs to be dealt with. More than likely, if you have dealt with the prof, the next step will be the department chair, then ombudsman or maybe VP of student affairs.
TallPine
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Yeah, I have noticed that also - it seems to turn their key somehow. Must be the "Maytag repairman" syndrome.
I had one prof that would fail you if you didn't come to see him in his office at least once. His office looked like a scene out of some comedy movie - every surface was piled several feet deep with books and papers, and he had to re-arrange things to find some kind of place for me to sit down.
Seminole
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TallPine
That's odd--I don't remember ever having a student named TallPine. . . .
But I'll have my office looking better next week--after finals are over.
That's odd--I don't remember ever having a student named TallPine. . . .
But I'll have my office looking better next week--after finals are over.
Hkmp5sd
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Guess I'm just too simple minded...
How does one write of how groups overcame obstacles without simultaneously stating how those obstacles effected the status of the group? It seems to me that by describing the process and results of overcoming the obstacles, you have in fact described the effects those obstacles had on that group.
How does one write of how groups overcame obstacles without simultaneously stating how those obstacles effected the status of the group? It seems to me that by describing the process and results of overcoming the obstacles, you have in fact described the effects those obstacles had on that group.
DrJones I presume?
Hello,
I read your essay and will parrot others in saying it is very well written. You should be proud of it, however.... Your essay will only garner a passing score if read and graded by someone with less bias in favor of oppression as a virtue. Sorry dude, if you want a passing grade you will have to spew the garbage the prof wants, but how ironic it will be if you do just that and viola` you get a perfect score
I agree with you whole heartedly, I really do but here's what will happen. You will have to file a grievence with the Board of Regence in your area, present them with the information to justify your complaint, then (after waiting 6 months to a year) they will get back to you with any clarifications needed to proceed further. Then after another waiting period they will bring this to the attention of the prof at which point he will rebut you with his version and it will come down to a he said/he said scenario and it will fall in favor of the prof every time.
So my suggestion is spew like no ones ever spewed before to get the grade. Once you have the grade, go to your prof and tell him how many times you had to retch while writing this obviously biased drivel in order to pass his liberal arts class. And then tell him you're going to sterilize yourself after handling such waste. You might also suggest that he might need abdominal plexi plasti to take care of that rectal cranial inversion problem he has
Seriously though, do yourself a favor and write it the way it will be accept by the prof. You don't have to agree with it, nor do I think you will, but if you need the grade then do it, get through the class and move on. Is it worth the fight? Yes, but only if you have nothing better to do
Take care big guy,
DRC
Hello,
I read your essay and will parrot others in saying it is very well written. You should be proud of it, however....
Your essay will only garner a passing score if read and graded by someone with less bias in favor of oppression as a virtue. Sorry dude, if you want a passing grade you will have to spew the garbage the prof wants, but how ironic it will be if you do just that and viola` you get a perfect score I agree with you whole heartedly, I really do but here's what will happen. You will have to file a grievence with the Board of Regence in your area, present them with the information to justify your complaint, then (after waiting 6 months to a year) they will get back to you with any clarifications needed to proceed further. Then after another waiting period they will bring this to the attention of the prof at which point he will rebut you with his version and it will come down to a he said/he said scenario and it will fall in favor of the prof every time.
So my suggestion is spew like no ones ever spewed before to get the grade. Once you have the grade, go to your prof and tell him how many times you had to retch while writing this obviously biased drivel in order to pass his liberal arts class. And then tell him you're going to sterilize yourself after handling such waste. You might also suggest that he might need abdominal plexi plasti to take care of that rectal cranial inversion problem he has
Seriously though, do yourself a favor and write it the way it will be accept by the prof. You don't have to agree with it, nor do I think you will, but if you need the grade then do it, get through the class and move on. Is it worth the fight? Yes, but only if you have nothing better to do
Take care big guy,
DRC
txgolfer45
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drjones,
I had a similar experience with a Rhetoric class my freshman year in college. It was widely known as the freshman flunkout class.
Everyone in the class was struggling to understand what the instructor wanted. For one paper, I had an upperclassman, who was majoring in English and ended up graduating with honors, help me with one of the papers. He thought for sure I should get an A on the paper. It came back a C minus. I got my C for the semester and moved on.
Scott
I had a similar experience with a Rhetoric class my freshman year in college. It was widely known as the freshman flunkout class.
Everyone in the class was struggling to understand what the instructor wanted. For one paper, I had an upperclassman, who was majoring in English and ended up graduating with honors, help me with one of the papers. He thought for sure I should get an A on the paper. It came back a C minus. I got my C for the semester and moved on.
Scott
atek3
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It stinks sometimes being in classes where "wrong" opinions are penalized. I'm lucky, as a chem major there isn't a whole lot to disagree w/ "The Law of Mass action is bunkem!" I don't think so. However the classes I've been required to take such as environmental "science" 10, geez, what a load of pap. The lectures are so obnoxious, I get to listen for an hour where my professor, who makes Gore look conservative by the way, rants about the need for more laws and regulations to fix the old laws and regulations.
I'll never forget, she was ranting about crop overproduction and how it hurts the environment so we need to cut production with regulations. So I walk up to her and say you know, maybe if we ended over a hundred billion dollars in farm subsidies people might switch their land to more efficient uses. She just stared at me like a deer in headlights. :banghead:
Markets work.
So next we had a paper on bjorn lomborgs hated tract "the skeptical environmentalist". unfortunately, I didn't have 10 hours to do the research to defend it, so I wrote what they wanted to hear. I felt dirty, but whatever
atek3
I don't think so. However the classes I've been required to take such as environmental "science" 10, geez, what a load of pap. The lectures are so obnoxious, I get to listen for an hour where my professor, who makes Gore look conservative by the way, rants about the need for more laws and regulations to fix the old laws and regulations. I'll never forget, she was ranting about crop overproduction and how it hurts the environment so we need to cut production with regulations. So I walk up to her and say you know, maybe if we ended over a hundred billion dollars in farm subsidies people might switch their land to more efficient uses. She just stared at me like a deer in headlights. :banghead:
Markets work.
So next we had a paper on bjorn lomborgs hated tract "the skeptical environmentalist". unfortunately, I didn't have 10 hours to do the research to defend it, so I wrote what they wanted to hear. I felt dirty, but whatever
atek3
Ryder
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When I took college the Zero grade was reserved for not handing in a paper. The classes I took were very technical and half the class earned their zeros. I always had something to hand in even if I knew it was wrong. Sometimes I was very happy to get partial credit!
I'd say a zero grade for the paper you handed in is an injustice.
I'd say a zero grade for the paper you handed in is an injustice.
Gentlemen, thank you again for your input.
To touch on a few things people have said:
I'm going to meet with him before I do anything.
I still don't believe, and a lot of you back me up, that I deserved that grade.
Regardless, if he insists on me rewriting it, fine. I suppose I will.
I guess. Or I might go to his superior. I still need to think it through.
I'll throw this out there for you people to chew on, since someone mentioned the Board of Regents.
The man I work for is on the California State University Board of Trustees. I go to California State University, Sacramento.
His father is a HUGE benefactor for my school. He just gave a collection of books to our school worth $7 million, and for our University's 50th anniversary, he chaired a committe to raise $50 million. He ended up raising $54 mil.
I am considering filing a formal complaint, not so much because of this essay, but because he uses the class as a platform to spout his political beliefs, among many other problems with him.
Some of you may have seen my past threads here about him and his class. He was, up until a short while ago, VERY fond of ranting on and on about the war in Iraq. (He is against it, need I say)
He made NO attempt whatsoever to relate it to race relations/ethnic studies.
Except for when he said that "part of the reason we justify bombing those people is because they are brown."
ANYHOW, given who I know, if I take this to the higher-ups, he's gonna lose and lose big.
To touch on a few things people have said:
I'm going to meet with him before I do anything.
I still don't believe, and a lot of you back me up, that I deserved that grade.
Regardless, if he insists on me rewriting it, fine. I suppose I will.
I guess. Or I might go to his superior. I still need to think it through.
I'll throw this out there for you people to chew on, since someone mentioned the Board of Regents.
The man I work for is on the California State University Board of Trustees. I go to California State University, Sacramento.
His father is a HUGE benefactor for my school. He just gave a collection of books to our school worth $7 million, and for our University's 50th anniversary, he chaired a committe to raise $50 million. He ended up raising $54 mil.
I am considering filing a formal complaint, not so much because of this essay, but because he uses the class as a platform to spout his political beliefs, among many other problems with him.
Some of you may have seen my past threads here about him and his class. He was, up until a short while ago, VERY fond of ranting on and on about the war in Iraq. (He is against it, need I say)
He made NO attempt whatsoever to relate it to race relations/ethnic studies.
Except for when he said that "part of the reason we justify bombing those people is because they are brown."
ANYHOW, given who I know, if I take this to the higher-ups, he's gonna lose and lose big.
I really hate to say this. But, one thing i learned in college is that its not always worth fighting things out. Sometimes you just need to swallow your pride and parrot the proffesors lecture back at him in order to get a good grade. it sounds to me like this is a required course. As such i thinks its pretty safe to say that you arent going to learn anything of value in it anyways. This kind of class DOES teach you an important lesson though. It teaches you how to deal with over inflated egos in a position of power. Its a lesson that your going to need to use for the rest of your life. My suggestion, redo the paper exactly the way he wants it and smile when you turn it in. After you get your good grade and you are assured of never having to take another class taught by this guy THEN and ONLY then take the paper to his boss and see what they think. Or maybe take it to the school paper and see what THEY think of his grading scheme.
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